This summer, that could be Powell's Books or Hawthorne Boulevard in the background.

Portland, you're getting another stint in the spotlight -- a TNT cable TV series is coming to town to film.

The Governor's Office of Film & Television and the office of Portland Mayor Sam Adams announced that "Leverage," a drama starring Timothy Hutton, will move production of its second season from Los Angeles to Portland. The series -- about a group of con artists, thieves and computer hackers who use their skills to go after fat-cat bad guys -- starts shooting in Portland this spring.

In true action-TV style, the deal came together fast, at the last minute.

"If you had spoken to me last Friday, I would have been very depressed," says Vince Porter, executive director of the Governor's Office of Film & Television. "It looked like we weren't going to get the show. It's very competitive out there, when it comes to attracting production."

But in the period between last Friday and Monday, it turned around. As Porter says, Adams, commissioners Randy Leonard and Dan Saltzman, and the Office of Film and Video at the Portland Development Commission joined forces to make the "Leverage" producers an offer they evidently could not refuse.

In addition to incentives offered through the Oregon Production Investment Fund and Greenlight Oregon, which give producers financial benefits for shooting here, the city stepped in to help.

Michael Fine, film and video liaison for the Portland film and video office, says what helped lure "Leverage" was a willingness to make available city personnel (such as police and firemen) and resources, if the production needed them, without a maximum of red tape.

"That we were able to make a decision quickly about something means a lot to the film industry," says Fine. "Because the timeline in the film industry is very short. And it helps when a bureaucracy is able to respond quickly."

The "Leverage" producers, Porter recalls, "called us Monday afternoon and Tuesday they were on a plane here." Porter adds that, "everyone is talking about shovel-ready jobs - this decision was made on Monday and people started working on Tuesday."

The producers are preparing to hire local production crew members. Resumes, according to the state film office, should be sent to leverageresumes@gmail.com. "I'd say they definitely want 90 to 95 percent of the crew to be local," says Porter. "We wouldn't have gotten the show if they hadn't believed we could hire a local crew."

If the series does well, Porter says, the production could be based here for a long time. And at the very least, if the company has a good experience filming here, Portland could benefit from word-of-mouth.

Though Porter says the details haven't been firmed up, he estimates that "Leverage" could bring "well over $10 million and under $50 million" in spending to Portland.

"Leverage" won't be the only showbiz visitor to Portland this spring. As previously announced, Harrison Ford will be here to star in a movie with the temporary title of "The Untitled Crowley Project."